New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-12
THE TALK or THE DAY.

Carclessncss takes the lead in causing fires in this
CITY, out OF zoo fires which are recorded In the last
quarterly report Of the Fire Department $50 are put
down as The result Of carecssncss. Smokers were
responsible for nfty-nne and fireworks for nineteen
It looks as though the SMOKERS were as much In need
of regulation as the daalcrs I'm fireworks.
In a recently published interview Mr.. william D.
Howels gives n classification Of the various nations
Russian novelist at the ton of the pinnacle and the
Engllsh-srcabng one at the la~cnent In nUr'on :
pet author a'ways was mOlcst-tChcaso JOurh"
General Humidity seems to be still running the
weather bureau. He was 80 per cent strong In ''e
atmosphere Of this city yesterday. and bore down
all opposition.
Tho sirpal Service authorities want $4,000 TO
establish a Balloon obser atOry The suggestion that
surplus may be get nd OF by endeE II W. NJ
men, Philadelphia Press
An immense turtle weighing 1892 pounds was
caught BY some Portland Me- fishermen the o'hcr
day. It's lcngth eight feet and bali ana pc
tween its forward iippers II measured nearly eight
feet Captain b. J. Willard, some OF Poruahn :
oldest capfains~ saws that fifty years ago vessel
having on board ten Southern turtles was wrecked
off the Maine coast. lie thinks the specimen capt
urcd Is one of them. This is intended as varla-
ton merely of the sca-serpent hypothesis.
A youngster sat watching his mother while she
~pitod Cherries; t Sho naaVerIe anrf,l ImmmedI
aiey picked It out with 'c remark mr. TIL Oh
You dldut unbutton mamma F-Ihhadcphia Aoio-
graph.
A Wisconsin man who Is at present doing the
Eastern cities has discovered that this summer the
price Of throwing a pumpkin pic at the head OF a
Pha6lt ha hotcl-wator is So, Of which 80 Is hne
and SI2 costs. The waiter was not greatly hurt'
bat that the pie received fatal injuries
II the Governor OF Kansas should casually rcmari
fo the Governor iowa tina IT is long time between
dings tho observation would be extremely IerlHehs'
-(Nehrasha state Journal
4 North Carolina correspondent informs Us that
one can get land for nothing there "and tread On
nobody's cOns." The beauty vi 1t Is that he CAP
tread on his own cOrnlicld,.
Fifty members Of the Marsh family met in Hart
ford conn. the other day and the air was 80 nahlp
that lot, Of people caught coid-Burlnston Free frss
Dynamiter Mooney once sewlne-machns
agent who went about the country making HAPPY
Women dissatisfied with machines Of which they hat
always hoasted 10 teir nelghbors ana p t
value for them and throwing In the old ones to boot
tSphnSiEld Union
snc-' tho performances of the Volunteer, IT looks
a. though there might he Thistle uoWh III tho autumn
{ -(Thc SaratoEian.
Ministers performing marriage ceremonies are wha
n legal wag might call Parsons on Contracts
Even the wicledcst OF always admonish part
Ing friend to do wnte."-(Duluth Parasrapher'
Pasted OYER the desk Of the city editor Of Georgii
patcr are the fOilo~n instructions: 49,.
AN brides are lovely beautiful ana acconbi's ihe
except thoy be old and touch WIDOWS ana 'noi
i
AN merchants who advertise are enterpri sl =
I ufd,-awake and a credit TO our city The nanles o.
I those who Do not advertise must not appear III ou
An old lawyers are able and worthy of place OF
/ the supreme bench Young lawyers are promising
and sllvery tongued. - .,,o nj,
! "Conductors on passenger trains are gentlemaniS
and Courteous
/ "Doctors are eminent"
"Fa'mcrs are intcli GENT =, 49,,
"CSnddotes who put their announcements in ou
/ roncr are gaining ground every Cay. Those who q,
not announce are likely TO be defeated -tCoiumpu
f, (Ol CAPITAL
medical Journal says II never knew OF ANYBODY
that was hurt by n ripe watermelon. Thats DecauS'
they struck il right. probably
The most economical man has been heard from
Tie tried 10 pawn coat OF tar and feathers, the CIR
OF his neighbOrs Huntington Free Press
eyes, said the shopgrl YEARLY, "Im engaged
! hut my engagement is of long standing"
/ A Georgia hen laid on egg on which Is pl@nil
! omIlnrd 4 heart an acorn and the figures - From
us IL Is Inferred that the world VIII como 10 an eH'
in 1877. TO the great relief VI those who nave beeI
made an Mons BY the second ADV enttsts ANY enter
rising hon tnat can lay egg presenting the rortral
Of the next President will save uS sood ueh u
| trouble and anxiety -(Spnngfeid Upon